Calodactylus Blanchard, 1850

Type species

Calodactylus tibialis Blanchard, 1850 (designation: monotypy).

Diagnosis

Prosternum with an anterior longitudinal carina; protibia with two teeth and with a spur; meso- and metatibiae medially enlarged (Fig. 7 E); meso- and metatarsal claws simple; male ventrite VI with two parallel and setose carina (Fig. 7 B).

Remarks

The genera Calodactylus and Dasyus LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828 are similar to each other. They can be distinguished by enlargements of the meso- and metatibiae, Calodactylus have a medial enlargement whereas Dasyus have medial and distal areas of the same width. An evident characteristic of these genera is the simple meso- and metatarsal claws, which also occurs in male Pectinosoma Arrow,1913 and some species of Ancistrosoma, Barybas, Ceraspis and Faula .